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. 2023 Feb 15;11:e14736. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14736

Table 1. Description of the variables and parameters of the COVID-19 model (1).

Variable Description
S(t) Number of susceptible individuals
E(t) Number of exposed individuals
A(t) Number of asymptomatic infectious individuals
I(t) Number of symptomatic infectious individuals
Q(t) Number of quarantined individuals
H(t) Number of hospitalized individuals
R(t) Number of removed individuals
Parameter Description
β Infection rate
ηA Infection modification parameter for the asymptomatic infection rate
ηQ Infection modification parameter for the quarantined infection rate
q Proportion of exposed developing asymtomatic infections
σ Disease progression rate from the exposed to either asymptomatic or infectious
γI Recovery rate of infectious
γA Recovery rate of asymptomatic
γQ Recovery rate of quarantined
γH Recovery rate of those hospitalized
ωQ Quarantine rate
ωH Hospitalization rate
νQ Quarantine violation rate
νH Hospital discharge rate
δQ Death rate of quarantined
δH Death rate of hospitalized
δI Death rate of infectious
δA Death rate of asymptomatic